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Biddeford may soon allow serving alcohol outside
BIDDEFORD — Many enjoy having a meal and an alcoholic beverage outdoors in the warm summer months. Until recently, only restaurants that had their own outdoor space could offer such fare. But thanks to a bill sponsored by a state senator from Biddeford, this summer, eating establishments that don’t have their own space may could […]
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Newfield murders open 2018 ASHS program
ACTON — The Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society opens its 2018 program schedule with The Newfield Murders on Saturday, May 5, at 1 p.m. at their headquarters, 122 Emery Mills Road in Shapleigh. A quadruple homicide, a fire to destroy evidence and an out-of-town fugitive as suspect. Sounds like a trailer for a modern true crime program, except that it happened […]
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Weeklong summer youth program set at Sanford parish
SANFORD — St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish in Sanford is among six parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland that are partnering with the diocese’s Office of Vocations to offer the summer program Totus Tuus (“Totally Yours”) for the first time in Maine. The program will be offered June 24 to June 29 in […]
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Police arrest Sanford sex offender in Alabama
GADSEN, Ala. — A registered sex offender from Sanford has been arrested in Alabama for failing to register his status after moving there and leaving Maine without the permission of authorities. According to Etowah County, Alabama Sheriff Todd Entrekin, Nicholas A. Corrado, 28, of Sanford, was taken into custody by deputies on Thursday and charged […]
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Despite denials, lobbyist tied to condo met with Pruitt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt met in his office last year with a veteran Washington lobbyist tied to the bargain-priced condo where Pruitt was living. Both Pruitt and lobbyist Steven Hart had previously denied Hart had conducted any recent business with EPA. A spokesman for Hart confirmed Saturday that the lobbyist […]
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ISIS suicide bomber kills 31 in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 31 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 54 people were wounded in Sunday’s attack, updating an earlier toll. Gen. Daud Amin, the […]
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Student from Zambia ruled eligible for U.S. poetry contest
PORTLAND (AP) — A high school student in Maine who fled his native Zambia can compete in a U.S. government-funded poetry contest, a federal judge ruled Friday. The National Endowment for the Arts had blocked the 11th-grader’s participation, saying he doesn’t meet their U.S. citizenship rules. Allan Monga, a 19-year-old junior at Deering High School, […]
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Judge calls for additional probe of candidate’s petition
AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge has ordered Maine’s secretary of state to reopen a probe into Republican U.S. Senate candidate Max Linn’s petition to be on the ballot. The judge told Secretary of State Matt Dunlap on Friday to accept new evidence from the campaign of Eric Brakey of Auburn, who is seeking the Republican […]
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Maine courts to weigh domestic violence in murder sentences
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine courts setting sentences for those convicted of murder will start considering if the victim had also been subjected to domestic violence. A new law directs courts to weigh whether the victim was a family or household member who had also experienced domestic violence at the convicted person’s hands. Republican Gov. Paul […]